How can i send and recieve email when not connecting to internet? -- iis smtp nntp

iis smtp nntp : How can i send and recieve email when not connecting to internet?

m.marien
10/15/2004 6:40:45 AM

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The POP3 server is only available on 2003 Server. XP has IIS 5.1 which lacks
the POP3 component.

Julia
10/15/2004 11:12:32 AM

Hi,

I have taken my computer from office to work in the weekend
and I don't have internet at my home

I would like to debug an application which send and receive email to a
single email address
I have windows 2000 server and SMTP server,

How can i create a mail net on a single windows 2000 computer?

Thanks in advance.

Peter Karsai
10/15/2004 11:31:36 AM

Hello,

Just add a "local domain" to the SMTP Service configuration. Any emails sent
to recipients in this domain will land in the Drop folder (of course, only
if they are sent directly to the SMTP Service). These files are in standard
format, they can be viewed by Outlook Express.

The SMTP Service does not provide POP3/IMAP services however, so you cannot
easily retrieve these emails using these protocols. There are a few
third-party products that provide POP3 for the SMTP Service on Windows 2000,
try one if you need POP3.

Peter Karsai
http://www.vamsoft.com/orf

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Julia
10/15/2004 11:40:02 AM

Thanks,so i understand that i need to look for a POP3 server
which can load messages from this "Drop folder"?

Thanks.

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Peter Karsai
10/15/2004 11:48:51 AM

Correct, but I note that the Drop folder is a regular file system folder.
Each email is stored in a regular file that you can load by Outlook Express.
The files are in plain text format, so if you have experience with reading
MIME (and you can decode BASE64 on the fly :)), you do not even need Outlook
Express.

So, if you do not explicitly need POP3/IMAP to debug your application, there
is no need for a POP3 server. BTW it is included with Windows XP and Windows
2003 Server.

Peter

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Julia
10/15/2004 11:58:55 AM

Thanks but I need to read them using my application.

"BTW it is included with Windows XP and Windows"

Can it be installed on windows 2000 as well? I am MSDN universal subscriber
so I guess I have it somewhere......

one more question please:

my application need to send and receive emails ,as I mention before,
What is the benefit of using SMTP\POP3 server instead of r using my ISP mail
server?
Assuming i am sending large amount of emails,i understand that windows SMTP
server will queue
and send them as it can?

Thanks in advance.

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Peter Karsai
10/15/2004 12:44:45 PM

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Ok.

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I don't think so, the POP3 Service is a part of IIS 6 and that cannot be
installed to Windows 2000.

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Uhm, well, nothing I guess, except that it's local and you have direct
control over it. And when you don't have Internet connection, you can't
reach your ISP's mail server, but you can test with the local SMTP/POP3
(found one that I tried previously: http://www.pspop3.com)

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Yes, the SMTP Service stores the emails waiting for delivery in queue (Queue
folder). Emails sent to the local domain are delivered to the Drop folder as
their target is local. Without an Internet connection, the outgoing emails
will stay in the Queue folder and when their delivery wait limit expires,
they get into the Badmail folder IIRC.

Peter

Julia
10/15/2004 12:48:17 PM

Thanks for your help,
you helped me a lot.

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jeff.nospam NO[at]SPAM zina.com
10/17/2004 3:25:46 AM

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:12:32 +0200, "Julia" <codewizard@012.net.il>
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Install mail server software. Mercury Mail is popular and free.

Peter Karsai
10/19/2004 9:49:09 AM

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Thanks for the correction, I did not know - I do not work with XP at all,
but of course I should have checked that.

Peter

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